Muleman and other frost recipients - We've had frost the past 2 nights as well. Luckily, I havn't put in anything yet that would need covered. Peas, leeks, radish... don't care about the frost. Having lived in W. NY for about 20 years, I know better than to put anything fragile into the ground until after Memorial Day.</p>
Tommy - I saw your posts on your escapades. Let us know how it comes out, with both the guy that has the land as well as the DA.</p>
KK - sounds like you've been busy. I too had an interest in a stump grinder but just used a backhoe and ripped them out instead. It's also funny about the types of wood that are a premium in different areas. Around me, the maple is considered "just OK" and will be burned but given a choice, it would be near the bottom of the selection. It doesn't have a good "shelf life" compared to a nice oak or other harder wood.</p>
Jamie - Glad to hear you're on a diet. How much weight does one loose when the cooking stops? A friend of mine tried a similar line on his wife. Although somber, his funeral services were very nice. What kind of Jumper box do you run? I picked up a somewhat cheap one a month or so ago. One of the combo units with the starter and air compressor. So far (knock on wood) it hasn't failed me and seems to work pretty good.</p>
Bordercollie - The weather was pretty nice until the last few days. Then it did the switch where the temps and humidity went way up. It wasn't as much fun at that point... I saw the bedliner spammer post and how y'all kicked their butts. I did consider deleting the thread but opted to keep it in view for any future spammers to review and then consider whether they want to try spamming themselves.</p>
CCMT - Like 2-guns said, except the battery, the RTV should be fine. Do a quick inspection of hoses and wires to assure no mice or other varmints did any chewing damage. I was up in MT last year. Beautiful place!!!</p>
Deerlope and OnFoot - Congrats on your new trucks!!! We need pictures!!! I was at the dealers a few weeks ago looking at the newer ones. What I found is that Ford is still demanding a premium. GMC is practically giving away the 1-ton trucks. They were priced the same as their 1/2-ton. A 1-ton crew-cab, 6.0L, 4x4, long-bed, SLE package... was about $35K. That's the same price for their 1/2-ton version. If GM gets any more desperate, I may pick one up.</p>
The vacation was nice. I got a tan, Mrs. Zoom got a nice burn and the kids came home as if they weren't in the sun much at all. That SPF 50 stuff works pretty good on them. The first week, we rented a house outside of Orlando. Big, beautiful place with its own pool (inground and inside a screened-in room). We spent most of the time at the pool doing a lot of swimming. We don't have a chance to get to water much so my kids got a late start on learning to swim. My son (who's 7) really beefed up his swimming skills and got past most of the fears (he doesn't need to hold his nose anymore; goes to the bottom of the deep end...). Too bad he's a "sinker". </p>
After a week at the pool, we went over to Port Canavaral and caught a cruise to the Bahamas. The cruise itself was "just OK". The food wasn't as good as expected, the room was too small... but we made the best of it. Freeport isn't much of a place but we drove across the island and did a "swim with the dolphins" thingy. That was pretty neat. Nassau was the next stop and was much nicer. We spent most of our day at the Atlantis resort area (the one that does the commercials all the time). That place is incredible! Very nice hotels, aquariums and a bunch of very nice water rides. Some of the rides are by tube (which the kids liked) and others are where you lay down on a slide and just go. The bigger slides actually had you free-fall for a short period so I enjoyed those.</p>
After the cruise, we returned to Orlando to check out the Nickelodeon hotel complex for a couple days. That was just OK. It may have been better if the kids were younger and more into the characters.</p>
Welcome back. I am currently in Dubai at some meetings and it is way too hot for my blood, but at least is dry. Hot and humid is the worst! (And I know, having once lived for three years in Augusta, GA.) Can't wait to get back to Whitehorse where it's 47F as I write this...</p>
